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This paper presents the state-of-the-art parallel rendering techniques for interpolation shading, raytracing and radiosity. In addition the most sophisticated parallel architectures for real time rendering are introduced. The new Virtual Walls concept especially designed for asyncronously distributed multiprocessor systems is presented by the author. It describes new distributed rendering techniques based on spatial subdivision and has already been implemented on massively parallel transputer systems and on networks of workstations. Keywords: Parallel, Rendering, Raytracing, Radiosity. 1 Introduction Parallel rendering techniques is a field whose time has come. Until recently for the most it was an cumbersome specialty involving complicated and expensive hardware. In addition the programmers of distributed software had to begin to think parallel. In the last few years, however, there has been a steady and sometimes even spectacular reduction in the hardware price/performance ratio an...

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